In Januar 1991, Vitebsk celebratit the first Marc Chagall Festival. In Juin 1992, a monument tae Chagall wis erectit on his native Pokrovskaja street an a memorial inscription placed on the waw o his hoose.

The ceety lang preserved ane o the auldest bigginss in the kintra: the Annunciation Kirk. This magnificent sax-pillared biggin dates back tae the period o Kievan Rus. It wis constructit in the 1140s, rebuilt in the 14t an 17t centuries, repaired in 1883 an destroyed bi the Communist admeenistration in 1961. Scarce remains o the kirk wur conserved till 1992, when it wis restored tae its presumed oreeginal appearance, although it's a moot point hou the kitk leukit like when it wis first built.[3]

Kirks frae the Pols-Lithuanie period wur likewise destroyed, although the Resurrection Kirk (1772–77) has been rebuilt. The Orthodox cathedral, dedicatit tae the Intercession o the Theotokos, was erected in 1760. There are also the town hall (1775); the Roushie govrenor's palace, whaur Napoleon celebratit his 43rd birthday in 1812; the Neo-Romanesque Roman Catholic cathedral (1884–85); an an obelisk commemoratin the centenary o the Rousie victory ower Napoleon.

Vitebsk is an aw hame tae a lattice steel TV touer carryin a horizontal cross on which the antenna mast is guyed. This touer, which is nearly identical tae that at Grodno, but a few metres shorter ( 245 metres in Vitebsk versus 254 metres at Grodno) wis completit in 1983.

↑The Annunciation Kirk is a sax-pillared biggin wi ane apse. It is built o hewn limestane quadras, each row being separatit bi twa rows o brick, covered wi a thin layer o stucco so as tae emulate large blocks o stane. This technique wis widespread in Byzantium; but there are anerlie twa examples north o Crimea — ane in Vitebsk an anither, unfeenished an lang ruined kirk in Navahradak, probably bi the same team o Byzantine builders. Anither extraordinary featur o the kirk is that its bays are equal an the central nave is square in plan. The choir gallery occupees the wastren bay; it adjoins twa secludit chapels ower the lateral aisles. Stairs leadin tae the gallery are built intae the wastren waw. russiancity.ru